Gradatory
Gradatory , adjective
[See Grade.]
1.
Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.
Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress... could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
2.
(Zoology) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
Gradatory , noun
[Compare Late Latin gradatarium.]
(Architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.